should the u.s. itself be providing those weapons? >> see, i don't get it. maybe i'm dumb, but if we are working with these folks on the communication and logistics, we are working with them every day. we are engaged with them -- your words. why don't we know who the good guys are? i mean, are we communicating with the bad guys? are we providing logistics to the bad guys? then we are really nuts. so we must be working with the good guys. why can we not provide arms, or at least provide the money for them to buy arms, or at least work with other of our arab friends to get the arms to these people? i do not get it. it does not add up. either you are engaged, or you are not engaged. if you are engaged, you sure as heck better know who you are engaged with. it does not work out terribly well when you get engaged with somebody you do not know. if you know who they are, why aren't you helping them out when they are crying out for it? oh, assad is going to fall. do you know how long we have been saying that for? how many more thousands will it take before assad fal